LQ2 Flashcards
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In what layer of the atmosphere can you find most of the water vapor, clouds and storm of the atmosphere
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Troposphere
2
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The temperature in the stratosphere
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Increases with altitude
3
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The main gases emitted from moving sources
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Carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, water vapor
4
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These are the natural sources of air pollutants
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Volcanic eruption, forest fire, and wind picking up dust
5
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It is a secondary pollutant
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Ozone
6
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It can cause phochemical smog
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Nitrogen oxide
7
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It is a greenhouse gas that has the highest GWP
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Sulfur hexaflouride
8
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It is the rise in the average temperature of earth’s atmosphere and oceans
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Global warming
9
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To reduce the release of greenhouse gases, renewable energy sources should be tapped
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Geothermal energy
10
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These are the effects of global warming
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Rising sea level, destruction of ecosystem, and extreme weather conditions
11
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It is used to express the carbon footprint of an entity, process, area, etc?
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Carbon dioxide
12
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It is
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13
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A group of pollutants where carbon footprint is related to
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Greenhouse gases
14
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It is responsible for the depletion of the ozone layer
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Chlorine
15
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It is the delivery of acidic material to the earth’s surface by precipitation processes
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Wet acid deposition
16
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Which two gases are the main contributors of acid rain
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Oxides of sulfur and nitrogen
17
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Which type of pollutants is the subject of the montreal protocol
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Ozone depleting substances
18
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It is the air pollution control device that is appropriate in the cement industry
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Cyclones
19
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Which of the following air pollution control devices can remove both gases and particulate matter
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Wet scrubber
20
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A reference used in air pollution evaluation for assigning the degree of blackness of smoke emanating from a source
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Ringelmann chart
21
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These are areas with similar climate, meteorology and topology which affect the interchange and diffusion of pollutants in the atmosphere
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Airshed
22
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What technology is banned under the clean air act?
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Incineration
23
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Which signatory country to the kyoto protocol first withdrew from the treaty
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Canada
24
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How many countries had binding targets in the first commitment of the kyoto protocol
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37
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Which international treaty on environment is the most successful in terms of compliance of signatory countries
Montreal protocol
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What is the commitment in the doha amendment to the kyoto protocol?
20% reduction in GHG emission based on 1990
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RA 9003
Ecological solid waste management act
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Which government units is responsible for the collection, transport and disposal of solid waste?
LGU
29
Who heads the metro manila solid waste management board
Chairman of MMDA
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Which of the following sources of solid waste generate the most
Residential
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In the philippines, what is the estimated per capita waste generation
0.4 kg/day
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It refers to activities which reduce or eliminate the amount of solid waste from waste disposal facilities
Waste diversion
33
What does MRF mean
Materials recovery facility
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A type of MRF that accepts sorted wastes
Clean
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When putting up a MRF, what is the minimum buffer zone for school, hospital, and residential areas
100 meters
36
As provided by RA 9003 the following are the minimum requirements for sanitary landfill except
Aerobic treatment of leachate
37
The bottom liner used in sanitary landfills
Impermeable
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An important gas that is produced in sanitary landfills is
Methane
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The liquid that is produced in landfill is called
Leachate
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Composting is
Biological decomposition of organic matter under controlled consition
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Which type of composting is used for large scale system
Windrow
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What are the browns omposting
Carbon-rich materials
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It is the product of pyrolysis
Biochar
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Pyrolysis is
Burning in the absence of air
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These are produced during incineration
Oil
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The ban of incineration in the philippines is due to the possible emission of toxic gases
Dioxins
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These are the materials that can be recycled
Aluminum, thermoplastic, broken glass
48
The type of plastic that is usually used for bottled water is
PET
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Plastics are assigned a number to classify them. Which type of plastic is assigned the number 3
PVC
50
What metal can be recovered from old car batteries
Lead
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Vehicle exhaust (carbon monoxide)
Primary pollutants
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Sulfur dioxide (SO2) from burning fossil fuel
Primary pollutants
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Nitrogen dioxide from combustion process
Primary pollutants
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Particulate matter from vehicle emissions and industrial processes
Primary pollutants
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Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from vehicle exhaust and industrial activities
Primary pollutants
56
Nitric acid and sulfuric acid form through the oxidation of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide in the atmosphere
Secondary pollutants
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Ground level ozone is generated when nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds undergo reactions in the presence of sunlight
Secondary pollutants
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It is released into the environment and is dictated by the specific medium they inhabit
Fate of air pollutants
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Sulfur dioxide, ozone, chlorides, nitrogen dioxide, nitrates, and carbon dioxidde
Common air pollutants
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Philippine clean water act of 2004
RA 9275
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A law enacted in the Philippines to address air pollution and promote air quality management
RA No. 8749
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Aims to protect and preserve the country’s air quality, taking into consideration public health, environmental protection, and sustainable development
RA 8749
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It was adopted on december 11, 1997 in kyoto japan
Kyoto protocol
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It is an extension of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and aims to address global climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions
UNFCCCC
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To set binding emission reduction targets for developed countries in order to combat global warming
Kyoto protocol
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Kyoto protocol help countries meet their emission reduction targets
Emission trading, Clean development mechanism, and Joint implementation
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This allow countries that have exceed their emission reduction targets to buy unused allowances from countries that have emitted less than assigned limits
Emission trading
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This encourage developed countries to invest in emission reduction projects in developing countries, with the goal of achieving cost-effective emissions reductions globally
Clean Development Mechanism
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This allows developed countries to invest in emission reduction projects in other developed countries to meet their targets
Joint implementation
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It was adopted on september 16, 1987 in montreal canada and entered into force on january 1 1989
Montreal protocol
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An international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer
Montreal protocol
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Aim for the Montreal protocol is to phase out the production and consumption of substances that are responsible for ozone depletion
Primary aim
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Used to refer to the process of collecting and treating solid waste
Solid waste
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Discarded, unused or leftover portion of household products containing toxic chemicals
Household hazardous waste
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Solid waste generated by stores, offices, restaurants, warehouses, and nonmanufacturing activities at industrial facilities
Industrial/ commercial waste
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Debris generated during the construction, renovation, and demolition of buildings
Construction and demolition debris
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Fluorescent lamps are often hazardous wastes due to their mercury content
Hazardous waste lamps
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Also known as biohazardous waste is the portion of the waste stream that may be contaminated by blood, body fluids, thus posing a significant risk of transmitting infection
Regulated medical waste
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E-waste describes discarded electrical or electronic devices
Used electronic equipment
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Must be managed properly by local waste management authorities or automotive repair shops to prevent contamination
Used oil
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Tires do not decompose, when it piles up in landfills or junkyards, they can release chemicals into the air, ground, and water that alter the eccosystem
Waste tires
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Includes manure and other wastes from farms, poultry, houses, and slaughterhouses
Agricultural waste
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Mostly dry material that does not readily decompose
Rubbish
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From kitchen/worthless or non sensical material
Garbage
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Usually smells bad
Garbage
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Disorderly accumulation of objects or things carelessly discarded waste
Litter
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A recycling plant where recyclable materials are sorted and processed to minimize resource recovery and minimize waste sent to lanfills
Materials recovery facility
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Decomposing organic waste, such as food scraps and yards waste, into nutrient-rich compost for soil enrichment
Composting
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Burning solid waste at high temperatures to reduce volume and generate energy
Incineration
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Thermal decomposition of organic materials in the absence of oxygen, producing biochar, syngas, and bio-oil
Pyrolysis
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Dewatering, drying, pyrolysis, thermal oxidation
Pyrolysis process
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Disposing of non-recyclable and non-compostable waste in engineered landfillls
Sanitary landfills
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Commingled recyclables, quality control, paper sort and separation, plastic, metal and glass sorting, balers
MRF Process
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Bottom layer, green waste layer, brown residue layer, repeat until full, mix layers regularly, cover with mesh
Composting process
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An act providing for an ecological solid waste management program, creating the necessary institutional mechanism and incentives
RA 9003 Ecological Solid waste management act of 2000
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Segregation and collection of solid waste shall be conducted at the barangay level
Section 10
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What is the primary goal of solid waste management
To transform solid waste into a valuable resource
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When did the first known law forbidding the disposal of waste onto streets come into effect
320 BCE
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It is not a type of solid waste
Radioactive waste
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What term encompasess large items like outdated refrigerators or susbtantial tree stumps
Trash
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What environmental benefit does proper waste disposal provide
Improved public health
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By what year is global waste expected to double according to the world bank
2050
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What is the primary function of a materials recovery facility
Sorting and processing recyclable material
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What is the main objective of composting
Decomposing organic waste to produce nutrient-rich soil
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What does incineration involve
Burning solid waste at high temperatures
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What is the purpose of a sanitary landfill
To minimize environmental impacts of waste disposal
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These are the hazardous substance
Corrosive, reactive, flammable
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These are inorganic hazardous substances
Arsenic, chromium, mercury
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These are characteristics of POPs
Travel long distance, semi-volatile, fat soluble
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What happens when POPs are in low latitude
Evaporation of pollutants exceed deposition
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What is TSD
A waste management facility that accepts hazardous wastes from treatment, storage, and disposal
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Which of the following is recovered by RA 6969 with regard to unregulated chemical substances and mixtures
Importation, handling, and distribution of
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What does PMPIN mean
Pre-manufacturing pre-importation notification
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In the Toxic and Hazardous waste law of the philippines, if the toxic waste was found to have created negative impact on the environment, who has the highest responsibility over the incidence
Factory using the chemical and producing such toxic waste has been properly treated recycled or disposed of
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The importation of HCFs shall have been prohibited by year
2040
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It is a process of hazardous waste containment by enclosing the waste with casing or layers of static substance
Encapsulation
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Waste not transported by water, that has been rejected for further use
Solid waste
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Other term for solid waste
Refuse
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Controlled accelerated biodegradation of organic matter into humus
Composting
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Recovery of fuel from plastics
Pyrolysis
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Chemical decomposition produced by heat in the absence of air
Pyrolysis
